The listing price itself is technically already well below.

Technically, refinancing will cost you more money because of closing costs and interests to be paid for a longer period.

With the TransUnion product and similar background checks the applicant will go online and verify their identify and enter their social security number to "release" their credit information to the landlord or property manager and this is a soft inquiry.  

My background is professional sales and marketing, and I grew up in the home improvement/construction industry.

My background is also in health and safety (I was an EHS manager for a transmission factory).  

If one or both do not pass the background check give them a time limit to move.

When we present our application (first page is a summary of the process ... which includes credit history and background checks) to "potential tenants" such as the one you describe above, they typically go away .

Is there a good site to use for background checks and screenings that the tenant pays?

While these two issues can get intertwined, they are technically two separate issues.With the above in mind: Account ClosedSo this gets into a complicated question.

Background: the contract takes place well before construction even starts and there are no model units to walk through.